losnggenration

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   by losnggenration 12y ago

   > Wouldn't it be cool if projects like Packer[1] didn't have to exist, because the image format of Virtual Machines was open and documented as an independent standard? Is what I should have quoted in my reply. Nobody was talkin
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   by losnggenration 12y ago

   I don't disagree, but OVF is an ANSI[1] & ISO[2] standard. Like you said, Amazon & OpenStack have chosen not to adopt it. [1] http://webstore.ansi.org/RecordDetail.aspx?sku=INCITS+469-20... [2] http:/&#x2
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   by losnggenration 12y ago

   I think it's called OVF[1]. It's just not as widely supported as it probably should be. [1] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Virtualization_Format
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   by losnggenration 14y ago

   While the language & feature-set might be a direct competitor to Lua, the license may make it a non-starter for many. Lua: MIT: can be used in closed source software. Jx9: Symisc Public License (basically the Sleepycat license): Very si